I just got my Communication Arts
There are five annuals every year (Design, Interactive, Illustration, Photography and Advertising, not in that order) and those alone are worth the cost of a subscription. $53 is extremely reasonable for this awesome design publication
Anyway, on to the illustrations!
I don’t pay much attention to celeb gossip, but this illustration had me cracking up! I’m sure you all remember her single day in jail and then her poor little rash that got her house arrest for the rest of her sentence. Unfortunately I couldn’t find an online portfolio for the illustrator, Jason Edmiston.
A cute series of animals by artist Mignon Khargie.
I really liked the look of the illustrations by Nicoletta Ceccoli.
Is this not the best Golden Gate Bridge illustration ever? By John Mattos.
This illustration touched me. I’m not sure why. It just seemed really beautiful in a sorrowful way. By Sam Weber.
This one is for John. Be sure to check out Thomas Broome’s other work, too. He has quite a few more of these typographic illustrations in black and white (ModernMantra) and new portraits in color (Its only words [sec]). Notice all the great details like the art book in the lower left corner (those little words along the edge that you can’t read say “page”).
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My favorite from the pieces you showed would be Sam Weber’s illustration of the soldier with the olive branch. It tells volumes without speaking a word, and it’s such an ironic yet poignant juxtaposition of war and peace. Just beautiful work.
Have a great weekend!
-gio
PS: What plugin do you use to edit the comments? I like it.
I like nearly all of these, but especially Mignon Khargie’s animals - dynamic, lots of movement in their simple lines; and I like the style of John Mattos’ work a great deal too.
I also appreciate that you’ve disclosed your use of affliate links in the post. I’ve not noticed anyone making that disclosure before in a blog, though I have noticed blogs where people sneak affliate links into their posts WITHOUT saying so.
J.G.,
I think you put words to what I felt by looking at that painting of the soldier. Well said! I would also add that many soldier’s hope is to bring peace and unfortunately sometimes a bitter battle must occur in order to do that. The plugin is Ajax Edit Comments and it has great features for admins, too. (Oh hey, and you don’t live too far from me! Nice to meet someone so close online)
Tracey,
The little animals are cute! And I can tell you, those ferrets are pretty accurately depicted. Slinky little things they are!
I actually got the idea to mention the affiliate links from ProBlogger, but I added the part about supporting CC to help people realize it’s not me being greedy, but it takes a lot of time and some money for hosting to run things around here. Plus, when I need to buy something, I try to always go through the affiliate links of bloggers I know. Like if I need fonts, you better believe I’m heading to Veer through iLT. If I need a new web host, I’ll check out who my blog friends are with and if I decide to go with what they recommend, I use their link. It’s a nice way to give back and it doesn’t cost me, as a reader, anything extra.
Thanks for the Ajax plugin info, I’ll definitely have to get that. And as far as the geography goes, I wonder if we know someone in common - six degrees and all that. Just a thought. :)
J.G.,
It is entirely possible! Don’t know how we’d go about testing it, though. It would sure be a long list of names!
Great selection!
I specially like Thomas Broome’s typographic bedroom. I guess it requires a higher visual processing but the result is just amazing.
I’m also interested in John Mattos’ style. I’ve checked his portfolio, and I didn’t know he added the red-to-yellow gradient to the Indiana Jones logo.
Juan,
Oh wow, I didn’t even see that Film link at the top of John’s website. In his contribution to the Indy logo you can totally see his style, though. Thanks for pointing that out!
Absolutely adore the illustrations of Nicoletta Ceccoli—wonderful! I think I need one for my wall. Wonder if they’re in my narrow and low price range?
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Johno,
They are dreamy (in every sense of the word!) aren’t they? It doesn’t hurt to ask if she would sell you one at what you can pay!
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